Kensi hopped in Nell's car with Beale trailing behind.
"Backseat Beale," Kensi instructed. "I heard your an amazing driver Nell! NOW! Get me to the bar!"
"C'mon Callen! Nell's a crazy driver! I need to get that box!"
"Tell us what's on the line, Shaggy." Sam pondered.
"You really wanna know, big guy?" Callen reminded. "This is Deeks and Kensi we are talking about."
"If you must know," Deeks began, "our badass Kensi Blye, said she would consider mothering my children sooner rather than later, if I found the box."
"Oh Hell No, I'm not gonna be a party to bringing more of you into the world," Sam cackled. "One Deeks is more than enough for me, I'm out!"
"You wound me Sam Dog! They'd be part Kensi too!" He hollered as Sam laughed heading out.
"Sam!" Callen called after his departing partner. "You're my ride home!"
"Kensi left us the Audi, guess it's you and me. Deeks and Callen, Callen and Deeks, hmm Dellen."
"Shut up Deeks!" Callen shook head.
Nell had decided she was ready to give a hand to Deeks. She knew Kensi needed a little push to create the family her and Deeks so desperately deserved.
"I have to stop for gas," she nonchalantly spoke.
"What! No!"
"Kensi, we will run out and be stranded if I don't."
"Nell, I need to get the box before Deeks does!"
"Why?" She pretended Beale hadn't divulged the information to her and she decided to jump ship.
Kensi sighed. Nell looked at her idol long and hard, deciding maybe she should address the ever present elephant in the room between Kensi and Deeks.
"I know it's not my place Kensi, but you are trusting me enough to be your maid of honor, so I'm gonna speak my mind for once."
Kensi became silent. She had only seen Nell assertive maybe once, and heard about her hard ass attitude when she summoned the boy's to save Kensi after she was taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Deeks had informed her, "don't mess with the Nellvarine when she's on a mission."
Nell began speaking as she pulled in the gas station. She directed Beale to pump so her and Kensi could have a heart to heart. "You're an amazing Agent Kens. One of the best field agents I've ever seen. I told you once, you're a source of inspiration for me, but you also are so much more than this job."
"You're trying to take my job, aren't you Nell?" She smirked.
"Never. You're irreplaceable, but things are changing. They have been for sometime. And maybe it's time for more to change."
"How much is Deeks paying you? I'll double it."
Her red headed friend giggled. "I want to be a Godmother," she winked.
Kensi sighed again. This time longer and deeper.
"What's wrong, Kensi?"
"What if I'm not a good mother, Nell. What if I bring babies into the world and don't know what to do? What if I ruin them?"
"Hey, I've seen you at your absolute worst and at your very best. You can conquer anything you put your mind to. Just think of it as another challenge that Kensi Blye will overcome. Plus you have a pretty good shaggy haired partner."
The words brought a small smile to Kensi's face. "I don't think Monty would be any good at changing diapers!" She laughed so hard at her own joke as Nell joined her amusement. Kensi gathered her thoughts and spoke again. "He really wants a baby, Deeks that is." She smirked.
"When he was unconscious in Mexico, he said he had a dream I was pregnant. He was so happy remembering it. I want to give him that, but."
"There are no buts...if Hetty was here, she'd tell you the same thing. Kensi, it's time. Hetty would be the first one to tell you that, although she doesn't regret her choices, and she has us, she would have liked more and she wants that more, for us, for all of us. Do you think she brought Deeks to NCIS by chance. She brought him here for you. She brought him here for him."
Kensi nodded. Knowing that was true deep down in her soul. Hetty has mentioned to her sometime ago, that Kensi would one day want more and she didn't want her left with only trinkets for memories. Kensi spoke after a moment recollecting. "Speaking of Hetty? Have you heard from her?"
Nell looked keenly at her friend. "I'm sworn to secrecy."
"Nell! You know Deeks and I can't get married until she's back. It wouldn't feel right. Which kinda holds up the other stuff."
"Trust me she knows. When the time is right, she'll be here. She always is."
Beale started tapping on the window, "can I come back in yet?"
The girls chuckled. "Come on Beale." Nell told her boyfriend.
"Thanks Nell." Kensi leaned over and hugged her friend.
"You ain't seen nothing yet," she winked.
"You're scaring me Nell."
"Hey, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, baby showers, Fairy Godmother spoils. I got tons of tricks up my sleeve!"
"Ok, but we should probably meet the boys at the bar. Someone has to be there to protect Deeks," she laughed.
Deeks and Callen arrived at the bar first thanks to Nell's delay tactics.
"I can't believe we overlooked the box!" Deeks sighed.
"It hasn't left the office until two weeks ago. When I finished upstairs and moved my stuff in..."
"All your priceless belongings?" Deeks questioned as he interrupted Callen. "Your pillow and sleeping bag?"
"I'll have you know, That sleeping bag has been with me since I was 10, thank you very much." Callen informed. "I only brought the box here when I brought my stuff, Thinking you guys would surely notice it if I Placed it on the shelf behind the bar. Apparently your Detective skills are lacking lately. Anyway, I had come into the bullpen the morning after Kensi's first day back in the field after Afghanistan and saw the smaller box on your desk. I had enough with the box, so I placed it back where the bigger box was previously, so it wouldn't be the focal point to start the day. I deduced it was a conversation from the night before that was left unfinished and I wasn't in the mood to pick up where you two left off. You guys hadn't mentioned it in front of us since," he paused briefly. "although I did hear Kensi and you, a couple years ago, she was talking about stocking up on MREs and how she got half of them for you over coms," Callen started.
"That was really romantic, don't you think?"
"Ya, ya and she said wait til you open the box! And you still didn't! What is wrong with you Man?"
"Hey! In my defense, She said it was everything I've always wanted inside that box. But she's not in that box." He paused, unless it's a picture of her? Oh... maybe a kinky picture of her. Oh she's evil!"
"Deeks. TMI man. TMI."
